Adjustable support for curtains and the like.



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. I915- Patented May 23, 1916.

11a Mao-w m Inventors Attorneys ED STATES PATENT oE 1GB GEORGE B. N. DOW AND JAMES E. RICKER, OE MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD TO JAMES F. CAVANAUGH, OE MANCHESTER,

HAMPSHIRE.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT NEW FOR CURTAINS AND THE LIKE.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed May 25, 1915. Serial No. 30,359.

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. N. Dow and J AMES E. RICKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Support for Curtains and the like, of "which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an adjustable support for window curtains and the like, one of the objects of the invention being to provide supporting means having regularly spaced curtain engaging elements extending therefrom, said supporting means being simple in construction and being readily actuated so as to simultaneously draw the supported curtains toward or from each other.

A further object is to provide supporting means of this character which will not detract from the appearance of the window casing or other support to which it is attached.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the support. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, the window casing being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a section on line AB Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view partly 1n front elevation andpartlv in section of a portion of a slightly modified form of struc:

ing a slot 2 therebetween which is located dlrectly above the center of the slot F. Shdably mounted in this slot 2 are stems 3 depending from oppositely extending blocks 4 which overhang and bear downwardly on the respective rails 1. The stems 3 are secured to the free ends of opposed lazy tongs 5 which work between the top of casing E and the rails 1, these lazy tongs belng preferably of the same size and pro portions and being connected at their outer ends to the top of easing E, as shown at 6. A sheave 7 is supported above the outer end portion of one of the lazy tongs while a pair of sheaves 8 and 9 is supported adjacent the outer end of the other lazy tongs. Located below the sheaves 8 and 9 is an actuatmg sheave 10 adapted to be rotated by means of a crank 11 or in any other suit-- over the sheave 8 and down to the sheave 10. j

The cord is fastened in the blocks 4 by means of set screws 13 or in any other suitable manner. The parts are so positioned that when the sheave 10 is rotated in one direction, the blocks 4 will be moved toward each other thus extending the lazy tongs. However, when the sheave 10 is rotated in the opposite direction. the blocks 4 will be moved apart, thus causing the lazy tongs to fold or move apart.

. Depending from the pins 14 which connect the middle portions of the links of the lazy tongs, are stems 15 on which are journaled rollers 16 adapted to travel freely within the slot F. Hooks 17 are disposed below these rollers and are preferably integral with the stems 15, these hooks being adapted to engage the curtain G or other object to be supported.

It will be apparent that as the hooks are suspended below the intermediate pivots of the links of the lazy tongs, they will always be regularly spaced irrespective of the extent of adjustment of the lazy tongs. Consequently the curtain or other object supported will constantly hang in regular folds.

Instead of mounting the supporting structure within the top of the window casing or the like, it can be so constructed as to be secured to the inner face of said casing, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. By referring to these figures it will be seen that this modified structure comprises a casing made up of a back or attaching plate 18 and a longitudinally slotted cover plate 19 forming a housing in which is mounted the lazy tongs 20. A longitudinal slot 21 is formed in the cover plate and the rollers 22 extending from the intermediate pivots 23 of the lazy tongs travel Within thls slot, the hooks 24 extending outwardly beyond the rollers. Any suitable means may be provided for actuating the lazy tongs shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and it is not deemed necessary to illustrate the same in detail.

natures.

GEORGE B. N. DOW. .JAMES E. RICKER 

